IGS Audio, based in Poland, design and manufacture a growing range of rack mount and 500 Series analogue processing gear, both solid state and valve based. The S-Type 500 VU is an update of the previous S-Type 500 now featuring a very nice illuminated …

Back in 2015, I spent some time reviewing the Universal Audio 1176LN FET based compressor which I had a lot of fun with and opened up my eyes to the world of creative uses of compression. You can read that review here. Fast forward to 2017 and I had b …

I had been working for a while with a singer-songwriter whose style ranges from more traditional R&B ‘up to’ soft rock. Whilst his writing style was varied, the one consistent issue when recording, was the vast dynamic range of his voice. I alrea …

The 1176 probably sits in the top three most popular compressors in history along with the Teletronix LA-2A Electro-Optical compressor and the SSL G Series stereo bus compressor. Here’s an in depth review of this classic compressor.